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The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$212k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$253kAnimals$204kEducation$195kFood & Nutrition$108kHealth$103kArts & Culture$79kPhilanthropy$65kHousing & Shelter$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$622k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Johnny Cake Center$16,200
Stonington Free Library$15,000
Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center$15,000
The Pet Cottage$12,000
Champ$12,000
Rhode Island Center for assisting$10,000
Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue$10,000
New York Botanical Garden$10,000
Eugene Atwood Fund$10,000
James Merrill House Foundation$10,000
Lighthouse Vocational Education$10,000
Warm Shelter Inc$10,000
Hygienic Art Inc$10,000
Meals on Wheels West Palm Beach$7,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Clothing Our Kids: $15k → 10%Clothing Our Kids: $15k → 10%Clothing Our Kids: $10k → 10%Clothing Our Kids: $5k → 10%El Sol: $1k → 11%Stonington Community Center: $8k → 9%Stonington Community Center: $5k → 9%Stonington Community Center: $5k → 9%Stonington Community Center: $5k → 9%Stonington Community Center: $3k → 9%New London Area Food Pantry: $10k → 9%Spark Makerspace: $5k → 9%New London Homeless Hospitality Cen: $5k → 9%New London Area Food Pantry: $5k → 9%American Red Cross: $5k → 9%New London Area Food Pantry: $5k → 9%American Red Cross: $3k → 9%American Red Cross: $3k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $20k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $20k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $20k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $15k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $10k → 9%Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
DE
KS
NC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 36 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
16

Total granted

$1.1M
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    THE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $175k · revenue +73%
  • PN
    PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +55%
  • TE
    THE EUGENE ATWOOD FUND
    5× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • SA
    Saint Andrews School of RI
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +7%
  • TL
    The Light House Therapeutic Equine
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tompkins County Spca

The mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. We are a no-kill shelter dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. We promote responsible pet stewardship by providing education, counseling and…

Animals
2
Paws Cat Shelter Inc

The organization rescues cats in the northeast connecticut community and provides for their medical care, and arranges foster homes and adoption of these animals. using its diverse group of volunteers, the organization seeks to provide…

Animals
3
Dorchester Paws

Dorchester Paws strives to instill humane principles into society through the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animals
4
Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary Incorporated

To rescue local animals in need, reduce pet overpopulation, and educate the communityespecially our youthon responsible animal care to help break the cycle of neglect. We are committed to supporting Palm Beach as a no-kill county and…

Animals
5
Kind Keeper Inc

Our mission is to save the lives of homeless pets, promote kindness to animals, and advance the highest standards in animal welfare. Our goal is to create an environment in which all rescued animals are given or found a permanent loving…

Animals
6
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
7
Live Free Animal Rescue

To rescue abandoned, neglected and traumatized animals and find these animals their furever homes.

Animals
8
St Augustine Humane Society Inc

Promoting healthy responsible lifelong pet ownership by serving the medical and rehabilitative needs of animals while encouraging the humane treatment of animals, preventing overpopulation, and ending animal cruelty.

Animals
9
Saving One Life

To provide shelter and medical care to animals who were stray, abandoned, and surrendered to local shelters and at great risk for euthanasia; with the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes, to participate in the greater community's…

Animals
10
Fuzzy Pawz Rescue Llc

Fuzzy Pawz is a small group of dedicated volunteers who open their homes and their hearts to unwanted dogs and cats. Our non-profit rescue does not have a facility but rather places each animal into a private home. We supply all vet care,…

Animals
11
The Humane Society of the Nature Coast Inc

To support and care for animals sheltered resulting from abandonment, abuse or misfortune.

Animals
12
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Wildlife Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Eugene Atwood Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EUGENE ATWOOD FUND: $60,000 · OtherTHE EUGENE ATWOOD FUNDJohnny Cake Center: $56,200 · OtherJohnny Cake CenterChamp: $52,000 · OtherChampWarm Shelter Inc: $50,000 · OtherWarm Shelter IncMeals on Wheels South Florida: $32,000 · OtherMeals on Wheels South FloridaMiami Project to Cure Paralysis: $31,000 · OtherMiami Project to Cure ParalysisWLRN: $23,500 · OtherVeterans of Foreign Wars Post 1265: $20,000 · OtherSaint Andrews School of RI: $20,000 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 · OtherHYGIENIC ART INC: $20,000 · Other+22 more: $156,000 · Other+22 morePAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesPAWCATUCK NEIGHBORH…Clothing Our Kids Inc: $45,000 · Human ServicesClothing Our Kids I…STONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTONINGTON COMMUNIT…NEW LONDON AREA FOOD PANTRY: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEW LONDON AREA FOO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesPet Cottage Inc: $44,000 · AnimalsPet Cottage IncSTAND UP FOR ANIMALS: $40,000 · AnimalsSTAND UP FOR ANIMA…SCRUFFY PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: $40,000 · AnimalsSCRUFFY PAWS ANIMA…THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $38,000 · AnimalsTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE…RAPPCATS: $12,000 · AnimalsRAPPCATSSOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $7,000 · Animals+5 more: $17,000 · Animals+5 moreTHE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC: $175,000 · EducationTHE STONINGTON F…STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureJAMES MERRILL HOUSE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $20,000 · EnvironmentAVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $33,000 · Philanthropy
Other$540,700Human Services$216,000Animals$198,000Education$175,000Arts & Culture$35,000Environment$35,000Philanthropy$33,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC: $175,000 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetPAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $95,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE EUGENE ATWOOD FUND: $60,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetClothing Our Kids Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetPet Cottage Inc: $44,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetSTAND UP FOR ANIMALS: $40,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetSCRUFFY PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: $40,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $38,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $33,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSTONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSTONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LONDON AREA FOOD PANTRY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHYGIENIC ART INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRAPPCATS: $12,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpark Makerspace Co: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE INC OF MID DELMARVA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 PLUS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGood Karma Pet Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EUGENE ATWOOD FUND ↗
  • Who funds Clothing Our Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds Pet Cottage Inc ↗
  • Who funds STAND UP FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds SCRUFFY PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds PERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds STONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW LONDON AREA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds HYGIENIC ART INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE PALM BEACHES INC ↗
  • Who funds AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPPCATS ↗
  • Who funds Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMES MERRILL HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chelsea Groton Founda…Fromson Foundation IncDime Bank Foundation …The Community Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…The Batchelor Foundat…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Dominion Energy Chari…Dxn FoundationNancy Spofford Yerkes…The Edward and Mary L…Washington Trust Co C…
Chelsea Groton FoundationCT21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Fromson Foundation Inc · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Dxn Foundation · Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • New London Homeless Hospitality Center: 47% of income from government
  • Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The Stonington Free Library Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Love Inc of Mid Delmarva Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New London Area Food Pantry: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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